Colonisation of barley roots by endophytic Fusarium equiseti and Pochonia chlamydosporia: Effects on plant growth and disease

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-401

  MacIa Vicente J G ^a   Rosso, L C ^b   Ciancio, A ^b   Jansson, H B ^a   Lopez Llorca, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fusarium equiseti; Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici; Plant growth promotion; Pochonia chlamydosporia; Root endophytes; Take all

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; INOCULATION; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROOT COLONIZATION;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM EQUISETI; GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS VAR. TRITICI; HORDEUM; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA;

EID: 73149119588     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2009.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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